Important Terms for this Lesson:
• system of checks and balances - division and allocation of the powers of government between its various branches
• impeachment case - trying a government official for misconduct in office
• political party - private organization of citizens who select and promote candidates for public office
• amendment - change or alteration
• democracy - governmental system in which citizens vote directly to decide issues
• republic - governmental system in which citizens elect representatives to decide issues
• sovereignty - freedom from external control
• interstate commerce - trade and other commercial intercourse between or among businesses in different states
• intrastate commerce - commerce conducted wholly within one state
• system of checks and balances - division and allocation of the powers of government between its various branches
• impeachment case - trying a government official for misconduct in office
• political party - private organization of citizens who select and promote candidates for public office
• amendment - change or alteration
• democracy - governmental system in which citizens vote directly to decide issues
• republic - governmental system in which citizens elect representatives to decide issues
• sovereignty - freedom from external control
• interstate commerce - trade and other commercial intercourse between or among businesses in different states
• intrastate commerce - commerce conducted wholly within one state